Saturday July 14th: our 26th Annual Solidarity Roast
Mark your calendars for the 26th Annual Solidarity Roast! Barbecued meats & vegetarian delights, desserts, raffles, and live music. Fun for everyone, so come on out! Saturday, July 14, 3 to 7 […]
Thank you! Our 73rd Humanitarian Aid Shipment is Out to Sea…and on its way to Nicaragua
Thank you to everyone who donated items, time and money to get our 73rd humanitarian aid shipment off to Nicaragua. About 60 volunteers came out on Saturday May 12th to […]
OVER $900 RAISED FOR PEACEWORKS AT THE MADISON BIKE SWAP
While dozens of kids and adults got a great bike, cheap, folks at the Madison Bike Swap raised over $900 for PeaceWorks projects in Nicaragua. Every year a group of […]
Highlights from our 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua
On Saturday March 10th, 54 people came out to the Friends Meeting in Chatham for dinner and a conversation with members of January 2018 delegation to Nicaragua. Download the full […]
Thank you to everyone who helped pre-pack for our 73rd shipment to Nicaragua
Thanks to 30 volunteers we took a huge step forward getting ready for our shipment day on Saturday May 12th! Thank you to everyone who came out on April 28th […]
Follow our 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua!
10 members of the PeaceWorks community have landed and are out and about in Nicaragua, traveling over gorgeous Volcano-lined landscapes to visit our local partners, see their projects, discuss priorities […]
May 12th: Come help pack our 73rd Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
On Saturday May 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
What We Can Do: Rosa Santana Shares Ways to Support Immigrants Under DACA, TPS
On September 5th President Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce that his Administration would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This Obama administration policy allowed […]
September 8th Dinner Forum
Join us on Saturday evening September 8th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
Una mano, por favor: Volunteers needed October 13th to pack our 74th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
November 10th Dinner Forum
Join us on Saturday evening November 10th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
December 8th Holiday Party
Help us spread the holiday cheer and celebrate another great year of people to people work in Nicaragua. Catch up with friends, enjoy a great meal and participate in a […]
December 9th: PeaceWorks 25th Anniversary Celebration
You are invited! PeaceWorks is rooted in the social movement of the 1980’s that resisted the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. But even when the war ended, PeaceWorks continued to support […]
September 9th Dinner Forum: An Uncertain Status for Immigrants in the U.S.
Another Brick in the Wall? Fear and Uncertainty for Immigrants: A Conversation with Rosa Santana The U.S. Government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS) permits immigrants from about 22 countries to remain […]
THANK YOU! OUR 72ND HUMANITARIAN AID SHIPMENT IS OUT TO SEA, ON ITS WAY TO NICARAGUA!
Our 72nd humanitarian aid shipment is off to Nicaragua! Thank you to everyone who came out, donated items & money, made food and provided good cheer on Saturday October 14th. […]
DON’T LET THE ROAD END HERE: FEDICAMP NEEDS 15K TO AVOID LAYOFFS
There are no roads to El Apante. The last dirt road ended three hours back — right before what locals call an incline. For anyone else, a really steep mountain. […]
Remembering Revolutionary Priest and Sandinista Foreign Minister Miguel D’Escoto
You may have missed this in the mainstream media, but Nicaraguan liberation theologian and Maryknoll Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockman passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. He was […]
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua!
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua. You’ll hike to mountain villages to see sustainable farming and water conservation projects. By boat you’ll glide through mangrove forests to participate […]
PeaceWorks 4-Day Summer Camp at the World Fellowship in New Hampshire (Aug 17-21st)
PeaceWorks Summer Camp 2017: Recreation, Relaxation…and Resistance Where: World Fellowship Center, Conway, New Hampshire When: Thurs. August 17th– Monday August 21st, 2017 Located at the foot of the White Mountains […]
Saturday May 13th: Help us pack our 71st Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
Un mano, por favor… On Saturday May 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send […]
Help Needed: April 29th Pre-Shipment Packing Day
We’ll be meeting up at our storage facility at the Shrine of St. Joseph on Saturday April 29th from 10am-2pm to organize and box donations for our 71st humanitarian aid […]
$1500 Raised at Wine Tasting Fundraiser for the Axayacatl Women’s Collective
Thank you to everyone who came out to try a special selection of wines and join PeaceWorks in supporting women’s empowerment projects in Nicaragua! Together, we raised $1500.00! Wines were chosen by […]
Reporting from the Field: Our 2017 Delegation to Nicaragua Report
In January 2017, 10 of us from the PeaceWorks community returned from a 12-day delegation to Nicaragua. Click here to download our report to learn about the people we met, the places […]
Whipping it into shape! The February Shipment Workday
It’s pretty amazing what you can get done when 40 people show up. Our new storage facility for our humanitarian aid shipments to Nicaragua, the Quonset Hut at the Shrine of […]
A Huge Thanks to All that Helped Pack our 70th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua!
As always, and for the 70th time, thank you very much. PeaceWorks was very proud to be joined by over 30 Seton Hall and 10 Don Bosco Prep students who […]
Forcing Change at Guantanamo: September 10th Dinner Forum with Frida Berrigan
PeaceWorks sends our warmest greetings to everyone who came out to our Dinner Forum on Saturday September 10th, 2016. After enjoying a fantastic meal with about 70 people, we had an […]
PeaceWorks 25th Solidarity Roast!
Not every community of people gets to come together every summer to enjoy great food, music and friendship as the foundation to build peace and stand in solidarity with the people of Central America. […]
Going Above and Beyond – PeaceWorks’ Marilyn Devroye
“People to people. Pueblo a pueblo. New Jersey to Nicaragua.” For nearly a quarter of a century PeaceWorks has built a community of solidarity between the people of New Jersey and […]
The PeaceWorks Community Rallies to Raise $25,000 for a New Vehicle for Inhijambia
The headline may be that the PeaceWorks community raised $25,000 in just over four weeks. But the real news is that the hard work of identifying and building trust with […]
PeaceWorks 69th Humanitarian Aid Shipment is out to sea!
Is it chugging by Miami? Heading through the Panama Canal? We’re not quite sure, but by early July all of our Nicaraguan partners will be unpacking a 45′ shipping container […]
This is what climate change looks like…
Just outside of Palacagüina, Nicaragua the January 2016 PeaceWorks delegation accompanied about 20 local Nicaraguans from the Roncalli Association up a small “cerro” or mountain for a day of relaxation and […]
First Friends: May 4th Annual Benefit Dinner Featuring the Creator of “Nuns on the Bus”
“Who is my Neighbor? Fear and Family in a Polarized World” 4th ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER for First Friends Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 7:00pm, The Richfield Regency, 420 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, New Jersey […]
Building Peace in Nicaragua: Latest News from PeaceWorks
Our March 2016 Newsletter is out. You can download it right here.
Beating the Odds: Helping Kids Get Off The Streets & Into The Classroom
Moving up to a new grade at school is always something to celebrate, but for kids who once lived and worked on the streets of Managua, staying in school means they are […]
Our 68th Material Shipment Arrived in Nicaragua in December!
Twice a year PeaceWorks ships a 45′ shipping container full of material aid donations from New Jersey to Nicaragua – things like medical equipment, office furniture, school supplies, sporting goods, […]
Desertification Threatens Fragile Farmlands in Nicaragua
Five years into a crushing drought, 63 year-old Doña Julita and other farmers in Northern Nicaragua have experienced an 80% reduction in traditional crops like corn and beans. But if […]
The Fight for $15 Dinner Forum
On Saturday September 12th, more than 40 people came out in solidarity with low wage workers at the “Fight for $15” dinner forum. Special thanks to Maribel Nova and Gertrudis Lopez, who […]
Helping Children, Rescuing Horses
For many children with disabilities, riding high on a horse offers a rare feeling of power and control, as well as helping to strengthen core muscles. Equine therapy, which is becoming […]
Over $16,000 raised – help us get Inhijambia a new vehicle
We couldn’t thank you enough! So far, our online campaign to get the Inhijambia Program for Street Kids a new vehicle has brought in $4,630 PLUS $7000 by mail, PLUS… PeaceWorks […]
May 14th: Volunteers Urgently Needed for our 69th Material Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
Sunday May 15th – the Bike Swap is Back On!
Got a bike you’d like to donate? Need a bike to get around? The Bike Swap is back on…and all proceeds go to PeaceWorks! On Sunday, May 15 from 9 […]
June 11th Dinner Forum: Developing a Guatemalan Town, Fighting Mass Migration
Please join us on Saturday June 11th, at 6:30pm for dinner and a conversation about the enormous challenges of developing a rural Guatemalan town, and stopping the mass exodus of […]
July 1st Benefit for Nicaragua with Luis Mejía Godoy
On July 1st, Luis Mejia Godoy will be doing a benefit concert in New York City. A fundraiser to help people struggling through the unrest. Sunday, July 1 at 6 […]
June 9th Dinner Forum with Aynn Setright
On April 18th, 2018 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under pressure from the IMF, announced changes to Nicaragua’s social security system which proposed to raise worker contributions while cutting benefits. Popular […]
March 10th Dinner Forum – our 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua
While this event has passed, you can read about the highlights by clicking here. Year after year PeaceWorks connects with our local partners in Nicaragua. It is the foundation of […]
April 14th Dinner Forum with FEDICAMP’s Miguel Marin
Join us on Saturday evening April 14th for a dinner forum with an in-person conversation with FEDICAMP director Miguel Marin. Miguel works closely with some of Nicaragua’s poorest and most […]
